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Here's wishing all our friends a happy Govardhana-puja and Dipavali! May the Lord who lifted Govardhana Hill (Lord Krishna) bless you all on this most auspicious day! Although this festival is celebrated today in the UK, it is celebrated tomorrow (Sunday) in the Benelux. So, looking forward to seeing some of you at the Radhadesh temple on Sunday!

The funeral ceremony for Mother Lalasa-mayi Devi Dasi will be held at Radhadesh on Monday 28th December from 11:30 till 13:30. Everyone is welcome. If devotees want to bring flowers or a card for Lalasa-mayi they are very welcome to do so. At 13:30 her body will be taken to Liege for the cremation. There is a feast planned for the devotees in Lalasa-mayi's honour at lunch time (13:30) on Thursday 31st December. There will also be a gathering in the evening to commemorate the life of this wonderful Vaishnavi. If there is more information we will let you know.

Sâdhu:(sáns. hindú). Derived from the verbal root sâdh meaning to go straight to the goal (like an arrow), or to succeed, thus the sâdhu means one who is straight forward and speaks the truth unaffected by social convention, as does sâdhana mean the process of going straight to the goal. Although in a general sense this may be translated as a religious person or a bhakta, it refers to bhaktas who are highly advanced. Such bhaktas are also known as mahat (great souls) or bhâgavata (bhaktas who embody the characteristics of Bhagavân).

Their symptoms are described as follows (Ärîmad-Bhâgavatam 5.5.2-3): mahântas te sama-cittâ praäântâ vimanyava suhèda sâdhavo ye, ye vâ mayîäe kèta-sauhèdârthâ janeëu dehambhara-vârtikeëu gèheëu jâyâtmajarâtimatsu na prîti-yuktâ yâvad-arthâä ca loke – “The mahat or great souls are endowed with the following qualities: They see all jîvas with equal vision. They are fully peaceful because their intelligence is firmly fixed in Kèëòa. They are devoid of anger. They are well-wishing friends to all jîvas. They are sâdhus, meaning that they never consider others‘ faults. They are firmly established in a loving relationship with the Supreme Lord, and they consider prema to be the supreme object of attainment. They do not consider any other object to be worthy of interest. They have no attachment for people who are absorbed in material enjoyment, nor for wife, children, wealth, or home. They have no desire to accumulate wealth beyond what is necessary to maintain their body for the service of Ärî Kèëòa.”

Sâdhu-saôga:(sáns. hindú). The association of highly advanced bhaktas who possess the qualities described above. The word sâdhu-saôga does not mean merely to be in the proximity of advanced bhaktas; it means to seek them out, to remain with them, to offer them obeisances, to serve them as far as possible, to hear spiritual instructions from them, to perform spiritual practices under their direction, to follow in their footsteps, and to conduct one’s life according to their instructions.

In Bhakti-rasâmèta-sindhu (1.2.91) Ärîla Rûpa Gosvâmî specifically defines what type of sâdhu-saôga we should seek out – sajâtîyâäaye snigdhe sâdhau saôgaì svato vare. He says that we should associate with bhaktas who are significantly more advanced than ourselves, who are soft hearted, and who are established in the mood of service to Kèëòa for which we individually aspire. This is the first development of the creeper of bhakti after its inception in the form of äraddhâ.

ISKCON desire tree - Sri Krishna Kathamrita - Bindu 160

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